Right-wing Brazilians wanted sanctions against the judge prosecuting Brazil’s former president. President Trump opted for something far bigger — tariffs.

In Kerr County, Trump was greeted by Gov. Greg Abbott, who on Friday announced the federal government updated Trump's disaster declaration to include more counties. Abbott said the move "will provide critical assistance to Texans and communities impacted by the devastating flooding."

Brazil believes it can withstand Trump’s 50 percent tariff, and aides to Lula say he is unlikely to shrink from a confrontation with the White House.

The president signaled he would seek to use the threat of steep levies to reorient trade and protect his political allies.

Donald Trump’s threat to impose 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods sent the country’s currency plunging as the US leader sharply escalated a dispute with Latin America’s largest nation and leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

President Donald Trump’s threat to boost import taxes by 50% over Brazilian goods could drive up the cost of breakfast in the United States.

By Luciana Magalhaes and Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) -When U.S. President Donald Trump linked 50% tariffs on Brazil to the trial against his ally, the country's former far-right leader, Washington left Latin America's largest economy with few options to deescalate but may have overestimated the country's vulnerability to the levies.

Money managers from Aberdeen Group Plc to Franklin Templeton are staying bullish on Brazil, betting the country will withstand its unexpected turn in the epicenter of Donald Trump’s trade war. One reason: The fairly closed Brazilian economy,